The Penn's Grove record., 1887-02-12
PET DOGS IN PARIS
Soma Of the Most Noted CNnines---
Their Artistic Liveries and
T-rousseaux.

Soma Of the Most Noted Csntnes--.
Their Artistic Liveries and
Trousseaux.
Every dog las his day; for pet dogs
this day is a very happy one, at least in
Paris. Every grand lady's dog is far
better known by her friends than her
children, for the latter remain in the
nursery with nurses and g~oyernesses,
drive out and dine alone, are never seen
in the drawing-room, while Nero and
Finette are ever at their fond mistress
side; they have their privileged corner
or seat in the reception rooms; after the
mistress, they are the ones next saiuted
by callers and guests; the best tid-bits
of a sumptuous table are given to Gyp
or Mopps; in their best bib and tucker
they are driven in madame's carriage,
in which the best places are reserved
for their dogship. At the present day
the aristocracy of dogs is as well defin-
ed as the aristocracy of their masters,
and dog brain is not so dull as to be OBJ
livious to the great distinction made in
their favor; the noted pet dog of Paris
knows its rank and looks down on pie
beian churls accordingly.
A chic dog has his fashionable tailor,
and he would think himself degraded if
he did not have his things made at the
renowned dog tailor, Ledouble. The
trousseax of a dog varies according to
the race to which he belongs; it is COM
posed of shirts, vests, coats, artistic col
lars and the variety of ornaments to be
put on them, bracelets, leashes, and
flower boutonnieres. Their livery cor
responds with that of the house. Their
articles of toilet comprise a whole col
lection of combs, brushes, scissors, and
shears; some whose paws are delicate
have rubber boots. The wife of Gen,
Turr had a hood made for Niniche, a
Havana pup, whose ears are SO delicate
that it makes the thiRg nervous to have
rain-drops fall Oh them when caught in
a storm. These dogs have their special
professional men, such as bathers, hair
dressers, shearers, and doctors, who
daily come to attend to their wants. l
really think it necessary for an English
p~hilologist to coin a name for such fine
animals; / reel as if l were insulting
them to call them dogs. The poodle is
of the kind which demands the most
care. The Marquise Belhoeuf, Duke
de Morny's sister, has a passion for
poodles. Not finding a shearer to suit
her In France, she induced an artist, a
specialist in the shearing business, to
leave Spain, his native country, to at
tend to her many poodles. To be speci-
ally adored, the dog must be gigantic or
lilliputian, it does not matter so much
as to its kind; however, the favorite oncs
are the Danish, the black and white
poodles, the griffon, and the terrier; the
bulldog has been taken into favor since
the P~rincesses of Orleans have adopted
him.
Nero is one of the most noted dogs in
the Capital; he belonged to the Gar
Alexander H., and is nov under the
care of the Emperor's morganatic wife
the Princess Jourlewsky. He drives at
the Bots every day with his mistress,
his long, silky, black hair is admired by
every one who takes time to notice
dogs; he refuses to sleep anywhere but
in his mistress's bedroom. Don Fran
co.'s d. Assists favorite dog is a white
fox terrier. When he desires to pay a
particular favor to Il of his lady
friends Of noble birth he sends her a
young terrier accompanied with its
whole trousseau; at first, he takes it to
a fashionable tailor to have an exten-
sive outfit made, after which he orders
a dog-house, which, in it's sumptuous-
ness of rich satin upholstery, lace, gold,
and silver ornamentations, deserves the
name Of palace. He thus presented the
| Infonfa EtIaIin nvifh a whltn Danish
dog of untold value, whose collar was
Of silver, sat in real pearls. Nine. Maui
rice Ephrussi, nee Rothschild, the day
| of her marriage had her favorite terrier
dressed in white satin, with garlands OF
orange blossoms. The whole Roths-
child family are possessed of the passion
for dogs. The Baron and Baroness had
two different houses built for their can
| inc specimens, who seemed to have de-
| clared war with each other. The Baro-
ness has a whole family Of marvellous
terriers. Rigalo is the gentleman,
Beauty the lady; the lady possesses the
good graces OF. her mistress to the de-
triment of her husband; she travels
| with her. her trousseaux are made of
finer materials, and afterwards the gen.
tleman dogs jealousy is excited by be-
ing deprived of the m~ueh-coveted Roths-
child coat Of arms, which his wife
wears embroidered in relief in one of
| the corners of her coat. The Baroness
Nathaniel RothSchild has all Of her
| dogs wear the white and yellow colors
| Of her livery. When the wife of Gen.
| Turr takes her dogs out on a yachting
expedition they wear dark blue coats
with marine collars, anchors embroider-
ed in the corners and paraphed with
the mistress name. The rareSt of all
Paris dogs is probably the one Nine.
Theo brought back from America, Pist-
! ache Tas given to its mistress in a bou-
quet of roses at her last performance in
Mexico. 1t belongs to a race of dogs
! which is almost extinct, the Chiwawas;
they can now only be found o the
summit Of q mountain in Mexico on the
day OF public markets. One of her
great admirers sealed that mountain to
bring the dog-loying actress that mar
vel among dogs. 1t is to be hoped
American woman are far too sensible
to initiate the French women in heI
lnordinate love of dogs. l have heard
strange stories of American women's
passion for pets, that turtles, lizards,
chameleons were taken to the opera by
their admirlng mistresses, | consider
that q vile, eliminating falsehood, for
/ deem the American woman as the
one having the most good sense or her
race, capable only of occupying her
time in useful work, instead of killing
it by caressing things that are too beast
ly to return her affection.